In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
It's in the air like pestilence spreading to the settlements
Infecting residents trapped in irrelevance
'Cause presidents, dead or alive take precedence
According to the preference of so-called intelligence
These communities are sacked with impunity
By jack-booted stooges with immunity
Soon to be distorted and contorted when the story gets reported
And I'm foolish enough to still think that it's important
So I look the all seeing eye in the retina
Bettin' ya that it won't blink so I don't blink back
Far reaching but not far fetched
So far so good but what comes next?
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
So what happens to a dream deferred of purple mountains
Accountants scrounge for coins they found in fountains
Serving promisary notes for lives lived a la mode
Will it dry up like a raisin, or just explode
I've seen the signs in semifore
And those rocks that died like dinosaurs
So come with me underneath the streets that pound your feet
And treat your life lines more like they metaphors
Drop the bomb, stop the watch, end the silence
And learn from Circe 'cause I hear sirens
Tyrants seek compliance from their cohorts
Freedom has its price, can they afford yours?
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
Did you change the world our your point of view?
Did you change the world our your point of view?
Did you change the world our your point of view?
Will I change the world or my point of view?
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
Infecting residents trapped in irrelevance
'Cause presidents, dead or alive take precedence
According to the preference of so-called intelligence
These communities are sacked with impunity
By jack-booted stooges with immunity
Soon to be distorted and contorted when the story gets reported
And I'm foolish enough to still think that it's important
So I look the all seeing eye in the retina
Bettin' ya that it won't blink so I don't blink back
Far reaching but not far fetched
So far so good but what comes next?
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
So what happens to a dream deferred of purple mountains
Accountants scrounge for coins they found in fountains
Serving promisary notes for lives lived a la mode
Will it dry up like a raisin, or just explode
I've seen the signs in semifore
And those rocks that died like dinosaurs
So come with me underneath the streets that pound your feet
And treat your life lines more like they metaphors
Drop the bomb, stop the watch, end the silence
And learn from Circe 'cause I hear sirens
Tyrants seek compliance from their cohorts
Freedom has its price, can they afford yours?
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
Did you change the world our your point of view?
Did you change the world our your point of view?
Did you change the world our your point of view?
Will I change the world or my point of view?
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
The rings they kiss, the arms they twist
Get pissed at this
The chances missed, the cowardice
Get pissed at this
Lyrics submitted by goomba555213
Change the World Lyrics as written by Jake Steven Johnson Craig M Heilman
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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